Paul de Bourbon

Paul de Bourbon was a French nobleman and military officer who commanded the 9,000-strong 9th Army in Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. Paul was born to the House of Bourbon, and he was affiliated with the Legitimists in the French Senate due to his ultraconservative views. Despite his coming from a deposed family of royal claimants, he continued to serve in the French Army even during the reign of Emperor Napoleon III.